March 25 In Our Backyards: Modern-Day Slavery and Trafficking
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Posted by Web Team, February 15, 2006
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Simmons College Invites you to attend a Conference on
“In Our Backyards:
Modern-Day Slavery and Trafficking”
- Saturday, March 25, 2006
- 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
- Linda K. Paresky Conference Center
The goal of this conference is to raise awareness and create a forum for study and pathways for action about modern-day slavery and trafficking.
The trafficking and involuntary servitude of people is a human rights violation. The trade in human beings is estimated to be the third largest criminal activity in the world (right after arms dealing and drug dealing). And it is not only happening in places far away, but also right here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — in our neighborhoods and in our backyards.
This conference is designed to provide participants with an opportunity to engage in dialogue with advocates, activists, survivors, and concerned neighbors about the complexities that allow human slavery to exist today in our city.
For more information and to register, email:
diane.hammer@simmons.edu
Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change
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